Changes in the School Grading System
2014 PAEC Leadership Conference
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Overview
• Assessment and Accountability Transition
• New Florida Standards Assessments
• 2014 School and District Grade Results
• Revised School Accountability (Senate Bill 1642)
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Assessment and Accountability Transition
Spring 2014:
FCAT 2.0
administered
Spring 2015:
New Florida
Standards
Assessment (FSA)
administered
2013-2014
Summer 2015:
Standard setting
begins to establish
cut scores for the FSA
2014-2015
Summer 2014:
School Grades released
with current formula and
accountability measures
Spring 2016:
FSA administered
for the 2nd time
2015-2016
Fall 2015:
Baseline School Grades
released based on FSA
results and new cut scores
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Summer 2016:
School Grades
released with
consequences
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New Assessments
• Beginning in 2014-15, the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA)
will include:
• English Language Arts in Grades 3-11
• Mathematics in Grades 3-8
• Algebra 1 End-of-Course (EOC)
• Algebra 2 EOC
• Geometry EOC
• These assessments replace the current FCAT 2.0 Reading
(Grades 3-10) and mathematics assessments (Grades 3-8), as
well as the current state EOCs in Algebra 1 and Geometry
• The existing FCAT 2.0 Science assessments in Grades 5 and 8,
and the existing state EOCs in Biology 1, U.S. History, and
Civics will continue to be administered
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New Assessment Provisions
• Elimination of “Double Testing” (House Bill 7031)
• Middle grades students enrolled in Algebra I, Geometry, or
Biology I must take the statewide, standardized EOC
assessment for those courses and shall not take the
corresponding subject and grade-level statewide,
standardized assessment
• Students who are taking the new ELA and mathematics
assessments shall not take the discontinued assessments
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Availability of FSA Resources
May 2014 (Delivered to Districts on May 30 http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-7046/dps-2014-81.pdf)
• 2014-15 Test Administration Schedule updated to
include the new assessments
• Computer-Based Test (CBT) Transition Schedule
updated to show plans for gradually transitioning
grades and subjects to the computer
• Technical Specifications for AIR’s computer-based
test platform
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Availability of FSA Resources
June 2014 (Delivered to Districts on June 30 http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-7085/dps-2014-98.pdf)
• DRAFT Mathematics Policies and Materials including policies around
calculators and formulas
• DRAFT Sample Test Questions designed to help students and
teachers become familiar with assessment question formats and to
become familiar with the computer-based test platform
• DRAFT Test Design Summary/Blueprints providing more detailed
information about the assessments
• DRAFT Test Item Specifications defining the content and format of
the assessment and test items
July 2014
• Writing Rubrics defining the scoring guidelines and criteria used to
evaluate student responses to the English Language Arts (ELA) writing
tasks
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Please visit www.fsassessments.org for resources and more
information regarding the new assessments
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2014 School Grades and District Grades
• 195 more “A” elementary and middle schools compared to last
year (7 percentage point jump)
• Overall, 962 elementary and middle schools earned an “A” – up from
767 last year
• 41 districts increased the number of elementary and middle
schools earning an “A” in 2014
• 116 schools statewide improved by two or more letter grades
between 2013 and 2014
• An improvement over last year, when only 26 schools improved multiple
grade levels
• No district’s grade declined in 2014
• 10 school districts earned an “A” in 2014 – up from 5 in 2013
• 17 school districts improved their district grade in 2014
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2014 Elementary and Middle School Grades –
Local PAEC district highlights
Member Districts
• Calhoun County, all elementary and middle schools earned an
“A”
• One Gadsden County school, Havana Middle School, improved
from a “C” to an “A”
• Madison County increased the number of schools earning an
“A” by one – an improvement over last year when no schools in
the district were graded “A”
• Taylor County increased the number of schools earning an “A”
by one – an improvement over last year when no schools in the
district were graded “A”
• Washington County increased the number of schools earning
an “A” by two – an improvement over last year when no schools
in the district were graded “A”
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2014 Elementary and Middle School Grades –
Local PAEC district highlights
Participating Districts
• Escambia County increased the number of schools earning an “A” by
one school, with 20 percent of the district’s schools earning an “A”
compared to 17 percent in 2013
• Leon County increased the number of schools earning an “A” by two
schools, with 32 percent of the district’s schools earning an “A”
compared to 27 percent in 2013
• Nassau County increased the number of schools earning an “A” by
four schools, with 88 percent of the district’s schools earning an “A”
compared to 38 percent in 2013
• Okaloosa County increased the number of schools earning an
“A” by six schools, with 69 percent of the district’s schools
earning an “A” compared to 48 percent in 2013
• Santa Rosa County increased the number of schools earning an
“A” by one school, with 65 percent of the district’s schools
earning an “A” compared to 60 percent in 2013
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Revised Education Accountability
• Governor’s Education Accountability Summit and
Executive Order
• Provide stability and clarity with the transition to a new
assessment
• Pursue Florida’s course of action regarding English
Language Learners (ELL) in the ESEA waiver
• Ensure the accountability system is fair and
transparent and promotes improvement in student
outcomes
• Senate Bill 1642 provides the framework for the updated
school accountability system consistent with those
objectives
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Senate Bill 1642–Education Accountability
Revisions
• Re-focuses the school grading formula on student success
measures
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Achievement
Learning gains
Graduation
Earning College Credit and/or Industry Certifications
• Maintains a focus on students who need the most support
• ELLs included in Achievement after 2 years
• Establishes a learning gains calculation that (1) requires
students scoring below grade level to grow toward grade
level performance, and (2) requires students already at
grade level to progress beyond grade level performance
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Senate Bill 1642–Education Accountability Revisions
• Eliminates provisions that over-complicate the formula
and muddle the meaning of a school grade
• No bonus factors or additional weighting that may raise a
school grade
• No additional requirements or no automatic adjustments that
may lower a school grade
• Ensures that the level of performance associated with an
A-F school grade is transparently evident
• Report all school grade components as percentages, each
worth a maximum of 100 points
• Report A-F grades based on a percentage of points earned
(e.g., 70%, 80%), rather than a point total
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Senate Bill 1642–Education Accountability Revisions
• Requires the State Board to reset the grading scale
avoiding the compression of the current scale
• There must be at least five percentage points separating the
percentage thresholds needed to earn each of the school
grades
• The State Board must periodically review the scale
to determine whether the expectations should be
raised to encourage increased student achievement
• If the Board adjusts the grading scale upward, it must inform
the public and the school districts of the reasons for the
adjustment and the anticipated impact on school grades
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Elementary School Grades Model
• The school grade is based on the percentage of total points earned
• Provisions that may raise or lower a school’s grade beyond what the percentage of
points would indicate are eliminated (no additional requirements; no additional
weights/bonus; no automatic adjustments)
• Writing is included within the English/Language Arts components
English/
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Achievement
(0% to 100%)
Achievement
(0% to 100%)
Achievement
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains of the
Low 25%
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains of the
Low 25%
(0% to 100%)
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Middle School Grades Model
• The school grade based on the percentage of total points earned
• Provisions that may raise or lower a school’s grade beyond what the percentage of
points would indicate are eliminated (no additional requirements; no additional
weights/bonus; no automatic adjustments)
• Writing is included within the English/Language Arts components
English/
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
(Civics EOC)
Acceleration
Success
Achievement
(0% to 100%)
Achievement
(0% to 100%)
Achievement
(0%to 100%)
Achievement
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains
(0% to 100%)
Percentage of
students who
pass H.S. EOCs
and industry
certifications
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains Learning Gains
of the Low 25% of the Low 25%
(0% to 100%)
(0% to 100%)
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High School Grades Model
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The school grade is based on the percentage of total points earned
Provisions that may raise or lower a school’s grade beyond what the percentage of points would indicate are
eliminated (no additional requirements; no additional weights/bonus; no automatic adjustments)
Writing is included within the English/Language Arts components
Additional graduation rates (At-Risk and 5-year), college readiness measures (based on SAT, ACT, and
PERT), and a stand-alone acceleration participation measure are eliminated from the model
English/
Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
(EOCs)
(Biology EOC)
(US History EOC)
Achievement
(0% to 100%)
Achievement
(0% to 100%)
Achievement
(0% to 100%)
Achievement
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains
of the
Low 25%
(0% to 100%)
Learning Gains
of the
Low 25%
(0% to 100%)
Graduation
Rate
Acceleration
Success
Overall,
4-year
Graduation
Rate
(0% to 100%)
Percent of
students
eligible to earn
college credit
through AP, IB,
AICE, dual
enrollment or
earning an
industry
certification
(0% to 100%)
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Senate Bill 1642–School Improvement Ratings Revisions
• The school improvement rating shall identify an alternative
school as having one of the following ratings:
• Commendable: a significant percentage of the students attending
the school are making learning gains
• Maintaining: a sufficient percentage of the students attending the
school are making learning gains
• Unsatisfactory: an insufficient percentage of the students attending
the school are making learning gains
• Thresholds will be established in State Board rule
• Ratings based on learning gains of the students in ELA and
mathematics at the alternative school in attendance, not a
comparison to their gains when they were served in their
home school
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Senate Bill 1642–Education Accountability
Transition Year
• For the current school year (2013-14), there are no changes to the school
grading system, except those already directed by existing statute or State
Board rule
• After Florida students take the new assessments for the first time in 2014-15,
student performance level expectations (“cut scores”) will be set in the
summer immediately following the first administration of the new assessment
• A new baseline calculation of school grades will occur in Fall 2015, which
accurately reflects student performance on the Florida Standards and FSA
• This baseline, informational approach in the first year provides everyone –
parents, schools, districts, the general public – a clear understanding of a
student’s and a school’s starting point on the new, more rigorous Florida
Standards and FSA – truth in advertising
• It is this baseline performance that must be apparent and upon which schools
must build to improve the outcomes for all Florida students
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Senate Bill 1642–Education Accountability
Transition Year
No Consequences from the Baseline 2014-15 School Grades
• No interruption in current support to underperforming schools through
our Differentiated Accountability teams
• A school may not be required to select and implement a turnaround
option in the 2015-16 school year based on the 2014-15 grade or school
improvement rating
• A virtual school or approved provider that receives the same or lower
grade or rating is not subject to sanctions or penalties that would otherwise
result
• A district or charter school system designated as high-performing may not
lose the designation based on the 2014-15 grades
• For purposes of determining grade 3 retention and high school
graduation, student performance on the 2014-15 assessments shall be
linked to 2013-14 student performance expectations
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Senate Bill 1642–Education Accountability
Other Provisions
• District grade is calculated using all school grades
components
• District report card includes
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Closing the gap between high and low performing subgroups
Learning gains of high performing students
Improvements in attendance
Promotion of students scoring at levels 1 and 2
• Medical Exemption
• Exemptions from statewide assessments for children with
medical complexities
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Senate Bill 1642–Education Accountability
Implementation Schedule
• Commissioner re-establishing advisory groups to receive input
• Leadership Policy Advisory Committee (LPAC)
• Assessment and Accountability Advisory Committee (AAAC)
• LPAC and AAAC will meet in the summer and fall
• First LPAC meeting scheduled for August (date/location TBD)
• First AAAC meeting scheduled for August 26 in Orlando
• Draft of school grades rule to the State Board in early 2015
• Standards setting meetings held summer 2015
• Draft of rule on school grading scale to the State Board in Sept/Oct
2015
• 2014-15 Grades calculated in Oct/Nov 2015
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Leadership Policy Advisory Committee (LPAC) Membership
PAEC Member or Participating Districts in bold
Superintendent
District
Sandra Himmel
Citrus
Kamela Patton
Collier
Mark Rains
Dixie
Malcolm Thomas
Escambia
Wally Cox
Highlands
MaryEllen Elia
Hillsborough
Susan Moxley
Lake
Alberto Carvalho
Miami-Dade
John Ruis
Nassau
Barbara Jenkins
Orange
Mike Grego
Pinellas
Joe Joyner
St. Johns
Carlene Anderson
Walton
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Assessment and Accountability Advisory Committee (AAAC) Membership
PAEC Member or Participating Districts in bold
Member
District
Susan Voorhees
Baker
Karen Schafer
Brevard
Patrick Simon
Citrus
Andrew Post
Duval
Shawn Schmidli
Flagler
Steve Bowen
FSUS
Sam Whitten
Hillsborough
Gisela Feild
Miami-Dade
Richard Itzen
Lee
Wendy Meserve
Okaloosa
Brandon McKelvey
Orange
Mark Howard
Palm Beach
Alicia Parker
Volusia
Sue Anderson
Wakulla
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